Benjamín Noval González (born 23 January 1979) is a former Spanish professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 2001 and 2013.[2]
 Noval at the 2007 Tour de Romandie. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Benjamín Noval González |
| Nickname | El Toro |
| Born | 23 January 1979 Mieres, Spain |
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Climber |
| Amateur team | |
| 2000 | Tegui-Galibier |
| Professional teams | |
| 2001–2003 | Relax–GAM |
| 2004–2007 | U.S. Postal Service |
| 2008–2010 | Astana |
| 2011–2013 | Saxo Bank–SunGard[1] |
Born in Mieres, Asturias, Noval turned professional in 2001, riding for Relax–GAM for three years before switching to U.S. Postal Service (later Discovery Channel), where he stayed for four years. Noval switched to Astana for 2008, and for the 2011 season joined compatriots and team-mates Alberto Contador, Jesús Hernández and Daniel Navarro in signing for Saxo Bank–SunGard.[3] At the end of the 2013 racing season Noval announced his retirement from professional road racing, despite being offered a contract by Tinkoff–Saxo for the following season.[2]
Major results
edit- 2000
- 9th Overall Vuelta a Navarra
- 2002
- 6th Overall Vuelta a La Rioja
- 9th Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 1st
Points classification
- 1st
- 2003
- 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
- 6th Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 2004
- 1st Stage 4 (TTT) Tour de France
- 3rd Clásica de Almería
- 2005
- 1st Stage 4 (TTT) Tour de France
Notes
edit- ^ "Team Saxo-Tinkoff (TST) – DEN". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
- ^ a b Hood, Andrew (15 October 2013). "Benjamin Noval, Contador's longtime lieutenant, retires from the peloton". VeloNews. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
- ^ "Saxo Bank-SunGard signs Contador's top Spaniards". 12 August 2010.
External links
edit Media related to Benjamín Noval at Wikimedia Commons
- Benjamín Noval at trap-friis.dk